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Anyone skied Zags or Factions?

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Freeform
Posts: 57 - Karma: 10
Looking to get a second pair of skis for this season, and want freeride big mountain ones. I've skied BCs, B2s, Pocket Rockets etc. but seen the Zags and the Factions, and they look hot! Anyone actually skied them though? What are they like?!

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Oct 11 2003 5:48AM
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jksl
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i'd say go with 4frnt's instead, they;'re stiff, pretty fat, i haven't seen a pair break before

i want them

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May 10 2004 3:58PM
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strode
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4frnts? break? hah. haha.



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May 10 2004 4:05PM
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alpentalik
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HEY MTBAKERSKIER...ARENT YOU LIKE THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR ZAG NOW OR SOMETHING!?!?!?!?! HA!


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May 10 2004 6:09PM
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jksl
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yea, strode, that's what i'd say....them 4frnts be bombproof

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May 10 2004 6:17PM
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kjfreerider
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faction web site is www.factionskis.com



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May 10 2004 11:02PM
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kjfreerider
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? why dont i know much about skis?



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May 12 2004 11:30PM
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Allsalomon13
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the zags look gay
May 12 2004 11:47PM
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CollinWright
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factions are dope



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Jun 28 2004 12:55PM
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ECFS-Attitash
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deboinays are by far the sickest skis on the market, too bad they're so expensive.

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Jun 28 2004 5:47PM
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drunkan
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just been on the zag test in tignes, the 75's are the ones!!
Oct 21 2004 6:16AM
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kjfreerider
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75s? wtf thats not a ski its not even a ski board




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Oct 22 2004 7:32PM
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TheWorst
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I dont trust those companies.. Zag, Liberty, Faction...
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Oct 23 2004 4:21PM
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Oct 23 2004 5:14PM
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pederg
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I have the factions and skied them last year,
They are wicked skies. but this year's are all sold out. gotta wait until next year
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Nov 4 2004 1:57PM
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hemlockjibber8
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i think kjfreerider knows enough about skis. what the hell would you know? hes owned almost every big companie's twin in the past 3 years. i think he has enough experience to talk. he didnt even say anything so what the fuck are you talking about. everyone who ive talked to that has ridden faction lieks them. no comment about zag
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Nov 4 2004 2:43PM
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wasatch
Posts: 428 - Karma: 62
kjfreerider wrote-

zag skis r wierd. they r super fat on the tip and get super skinny in da middle not sure why. and there all jus plan white.




ITS CALLED SIDECUT!!!!!


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Nov 6 2004 3:34PM
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vaudois
Posts: 110 - Karma: 12
zag makes very good skis. they float a shit load better than any other skis i have ever skied. they have a longer and wider tip than most skis to enable you to float at low speeds.
masuaro is a swiss company whos got two skis out. a fat and a mid fat. they are very stiff skis.
hope that might have helped someone
Nov 6 2004 3:56PM
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BakerBoy
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^ Exactly. They are designed to float much higher than most other skis at lower speeds. That's because at anything faster than a low speed, the sidecut starts hooking up and they get super squirrely. Sidecut = bad in powder. Not turning on Zag's is next to impossible.
Nov 6 2004 7:51PM
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jibtastic
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187 MSP..thats so monster. Maybe if I hit like 6'3..i'll buy a pair. But I still got 3 inches to go for that.



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Nov 7 2004 12:36AM
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webquique
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Sidecut= bad in powder ???? Have your skis sidecut?? Or do u ski over tradicional skis that didn´t carve anything. I´ve got the Zag Freeride Big and I have to say that it´s amazing the way they turn and float over all kinds of snow. U don´t feel the difference between piste and off piste. The only thing I dislike is that they are a litle heavy and their tail is not high enough. Try them and u´ll be able to talk about them
Nov 7 2004 12:32PM
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kjfreerider
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AHeppner have u ever seen or ridden on a zag ski? no? though not since if u had seen them u would be like wtf that side cut is messed. like the ones i demoed last yr were like 130-80-110 they were really wierd. i know they make other more normal skis like those twins they make the fly or super fly or whatever they r.





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Nov 24 2004 7:54PM
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KeegLove
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the zags look cool but i'd get liberty's

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Nov 24 2004 10:06PM
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FUUUCK
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from what ive heard zag really really sucks
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Nov 25 2004 3:04PM
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